{"id":328329,"date":"2023-01-30T21:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T11:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=328329"},"modified":"2023-09-29T14:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T04:10:24","slug":"flags-abound-on-australia-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/01\/30\/flags-abound-on-australia-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags Abound On Australia Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the Blackbutt Masonic Lodge with Allan Pidgeon AM, centre, chair of the Australian National Flag Association, and Dinah Jones, from the Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bernie Hinton and Beverley Stoessel were enjoying some traditional damper and cocky’s joy at Blackbutt, prepared by the Blackbutt-Yarraman QCWA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 30, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia Day events around the South Burnett were filled with the usual mix of flags, anthems and quirky events.<\/p>\n

There was also plenty of bush poetry, damper and sizzled sausages at local events.<\/p>\n

Blackbutt’s program was particularly patriotic, with the unveiling of a new flag pole at the Roy Emerson Museum precinct – donated by the local Masonic Lodge – and the delivery of a flag by an Aussie version of the “pony express”, ie. members of the Blackbutt and District Pony Club (see below).<\/p>\n

Nanango marked the start of its “demisemiseptcentennial” (ie. 175th) anniversary year with a big turnout at the showgrounds to enjoy a free breakfast and watch “traditional” events such as dog jumping.<\/p>\n

South Burnett pubs were offering everything from jelly wrestling (Proston) and yabby races (Cooyar) to woodchopping (Blackbutt) and meat-pie eating competitions (Kingaroy).<\/p>\n